The Pardoner's Tale

When the tale opens, what are the rioters doing?

• Drinking

• Sleeping

• Nothing

• Dancing

What passes by the rioters that catches their attention?

• a coffee cart

• a talking donkey

• a coffin

• a pretty lady

The Pardoner thinks that…

• money is the root of all evil

• greed is the root of all evil

• the devil is the root of all evil

• women are the root of all evil

Who are the rioters looking for in the tale?

• Heaven

• Death

• Money

• Hell

Which statement best describes the end of the Pardoner’s Tale?

• the rioters become rich

• the rioters meet Death

• Death takes the golden florins

• Death takes a holiday

As soon as the rioters find the tree and the gold they…

• End the agreement between them

• Start attacking each other

• Begin to suspect death of attacking them

• forget all about Death because of their greed

While the youngest rioter goes back to town for food and wine, what do the other two rioters plan?

• How to help the old man

• What story to tell others about the gold they found

• How to carry the coins back to town

• How to kill the youngest rioter

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

• William Shakespeare

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• Sharon Anderson

• Robin Tyler

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What is the religious journey that all of the characters are going on called?

• a quest

• a pilgrimage

• a ramble

• spring break

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